"the group: ""We've been very negative since Mr. Epstein passed away ... we were always fighting [his] discipline a bit, but it's silly to fight that discipline if it's our own"". In March 1969, McCartney married his first wife, Linda Eastman, and in August, the couple had their first child, Mary, named after his late mother. ""Abbey Road"" was the band's last recorded album, and Martin suggested ""a continuously moving piece of music"", urging the group to think symphonically. McCartney agreed, but Lennon did not. They eventually compromised, agreeing to McCartney's suggestion: an LP featuring individual songs on side one,"
"new husband. Together, the McCartneys had three other children. After their 1969 marriage and the 1970 breakup of the Beatles, Paul and Linda formed the band Wings in 1971. She continued to be part of her husband's touring band following Wings' breakup in 1981 up until The New World Tour in 1993. McCartney became an animal rights activist and wrote and published several vegetarian cookbooks. She also founded the Linda McCartney Foods company with her husband. In 1995, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and died from the disease in 1998 at the age of 56. McCartney was born Linda"
"in Westchester County, New York, and graduated in 1959 from Scarsdale High School. Following high school, she attended Vermont College, where she received an Associate of Arts degree in 1961. Her brother John, who studied law like their father, later became her husband Paul McCartney's attorney and manager. Linda preferred nature and animals. After graduating from Vermont College, she attended the University of Arizona and majored in Fine Arts. While Linda was studying at the University of Arizona, her mother was killed in the 1962 crash of American Airlines Flight 1 in Jamaica Bay, Queens, New York. Because of her"
"it's best not to expect anything, then everything's a bonus. I think those two tracks are very good and the others just don't do anything for me."" Personnel per ""The Beatles Bible"". The Lovely Linda ""The Lovely Linda"" is a song by English musician Paul McCartney, released as the opening track of his debut solo album, ""McCartney"", in April 1970. McCartney wrote the song to his first wife, Linda McCartney. Paul McCartney wrote ""The Lovely Linda"" in Scotland during 1969, when he and wife Linda McCartney were living at their farm, High Park, in Campbeltown. The song is dedicated to"
"reason whatsoever other than she fell in love with Paul McCartney."" During their 29-year marriage, the McCartneys had four children: she brought her daughter Heather from her first marriage (whom Paul later formally adopted), and together the couple had Mary (b. 1969), Stella (b. 1971), and James McCartney (b. 1977). They sometimes went to his farmhouse retreat in western Scotland, which he purchased before they met, a hidden place he used to ""escape Beatlemania."" They both liked and needed time away from the city, and were equally attracted to natural surroundings, writes biographer Barry Miles. ""We'd just enjoy sitting out"
"""gave me the strength and courage to work again"", after the break-up of the Beatles. McCartney adopted her daughter from her first marriage, Heather, and had three children together: Mary, Stella, and James McCartney. McCartney taught Linda to play keyboards, and permanently included her in the line-up of Wings. Linda died of breast cancer at age 56 in Tucson, Arizona, on 17 April 1998; McCartney denied rumours that her death was an assisted suicide. Along with eight other British composers, he contributed to the choral album ""A Garland for Linda"", and dedicated his classical album, ""Ecce Cor Meum"", to his"
"28 October 2003 to her father and his second wife, Heather Mills. Stella McCartney Stella Nina McCartney, OBE (born 13 September 1971) is an English fashion designer. She is a daughter of former Beatles member Sir Paul McCartney and American musician, photographer and animal rights activist Linda McCartney. Like her parents, McCartney is a firm supporter of animal rights and is particularly known for her use of vegetarian and animal-free alternatives in her work. McCartney was born in Lambeth, London, the second child of Beatle Paul McCartney and American photographer Linda McCartney. She is named after her maternal great-grandmothers (both"
"the way I really need you."" He added that ""every love song I write is for Linda."" They were married in a small civil ceremony in the Marylebone area of London on March 12, 1969. British fans reacted negatively, partly because his marriage ended McCartney's status as the last unattached Beatle. John Lennon married Yoko Ono a week later, and both women were perceived by fans as reasons for the group's break-up. Lennon at one point publicly criticized the way the press had treated Linda: ""She got the same kind of insults, hatred, absolute garbage thrown at her for no"
"Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. He gained worldwide fame as the bass guitarist and singer for the rock band the Beatles, widely considered the most popular and influential group in the history of popular music. His songwriting partnership with John Lennon remains the most successful in history. After the group disbanded in 1970, he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine. McCartney is one of the most successful composers and performers of all time. More than 2,200 artists"
"Concert for Linda The Concert for Linda was a benefit tribute to Linda McCartney, wife of Paul McCartney. It was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 10 April 1999. Linda McCartney died after a long battle with cancer nearly a year earlier, when she was 56. They were married for 29 years. The event was organised by two of their friends, Chrissie Hynde and Carla Lane. Comedian Eddie Izzard hosted the concert, with proceeds going to various animal rights charities. Hynde and Linda had worked together supporting various animal rights groups, including PETA. Tickets to the show,"
"wanted to do, so if we got it wrong—big deal. We didn't have to justify ourselves."" Former Wings guitarist McCullough said of collaborating with Linda, ""trying to get things together with a learner in the group didn't work as far as I was concerned."" They had four children—Linda's daughter Heather (legally adopted by Paul), Mary, Stella and James—and remained married until Linda's death from breast cancer at age 56 in 1998. After Linda died, Paul stated in the ""Daily Mail"", ""I got a counsellor because I knew that I would need some help. He was great, particularly in helping me"
"fire, but arrived at the hospital two hours later. As Mary was Roman Catholic and Jim Church of England — who later turned agnostic—their children were baptised Roman Catholic but raised non-denominationally, although Mary had married Jim on the promise that any children would be baptised in the Catholic faith. Although registered on his birth certificate as James Paul McCartney their first son was known as Paul thereafter. The two boys were not enrolled in Catholic schools, as their father believed that they leaned too much towards religion instead of education. Paul remembers his mother encouraging her children to use"
"The Lovely Linda ""The Lovely Linda"" is a song by English musician Paul McCartney, released as the opening track of his debut solo album, ""McCartney"", in April 1970. McCartney wrote the song to his first wife, Linda McCartney. Paul McCartney wrote ""The Lovely Linda"" in Scotland during 1969, when he and wife Linda McCartney were living at their farm, High Park, in Campbeltown. The song is dedicated to McCartney's first wife and was a reply-of-sorts to Beatles bandmate John Lennon's public declarations of love for his wife, Yoko Ono. ""The Lovely Linda"" was released as the opening track on McCartney's"
"her across a crowded club, and although I would normally have been nervous chatting her up, I realised I had to ... Pushiness worked for me that night!"" Linda said this about their meeting: ""I was quite shameless really. I was with somebody else [that night] ... and I saw Paul at the other side of the room. He looked so beautiful that I made up my mind I would have to pick him up."" The pair married in 1969. About their relationship, Paul said, ""We had a lot of fun together ... just the nature of how we are,"
"our favourite thing really is to just hang, to have fun. And Linda's very big on just following the moment."" He added, ""We were crazy. We had a big argument the night before we got married, and it was nearly called off ... [it's] miraculous that we made it. But we did."" After the Beatles' break-up, the two collaborated musically and formed Wings in 1971. They faced derision from some fans and critics, who questioned her inclusion. She was nervous about performing with Paul, who explained, ""she conquered those nerves, got on with it and was really gutsy."" Paul defended"
"that Brando fathered the child, although neither Brando nor Fox ever commented on the matter. Linda Carroll did not meet her birth mother until later in life. Given the tumultuous relationship with Paula's own biological parents, she gave the child up for adoption. Linda was adopted into a Catholic family of part Italian descent, and was raised in Pacific Heights by Jack and Louella Risi. Linda took her surname after her friend Judy Carroll, after Judy's death. Linda graduated from high school in 1961. She married writer and one-time Grateful Dead manager Hank Harrison in 1963 in Reno, Nevada and"
"and lead singer for Wings and he doubled on guitar, keyboards, drums and assorted instruments at various times. In August 1971, Seiwell and Laine joined Paul and Linda McCartney to record Paul's third post-Beatles album for Apple Records. The result was ""Wild Life"", released 7 December. It was the first project to credit Wings as the artist. The band name is said to have come to McCartney as he was praying in the hospital while Linda was giving birth to their second child together, Stella, on 13 September 1971. Paul McCartney recalled in the film ""Wingspan"" that the birth of"
"Stella McCartney Stella Nina McCartney, OBE (born 13 September 1971) is an English fashion designer. She is a daughter of former Beatles member Sir Paul McCartney and American musician, photographer and animal rights activist Linda McCartney. Like her parents, McCartney is a firm supporter of animal rights and is particularly known for her use of vegetarian and animal-free alternatives in her work. McCartney was born in Lambeth, London, the second child of Beatle Paul McCartney and American photographer Linda McCartney. She is named after her maternal great-grandmothers (both of Linda McCartney's grandmothers were named Stella). As a young girl, McCartney"
"nice lunch for Marianne and a bunch of her friends but they never showed up. Paul and I sat together and ate it instead. I’ll never forget the meal – it was chicken casserole. It was such a funny introduction that it threw us both off guard. It could have been very embarrassing, but there was an immediate rapport and we just couldn’t stop talking.” They began a secret three-year affair which ended just before Paul married Linda. Asher broke off the engagement in early 1968, after coming back from an acting assignment in Bristol to find McCartney in bed"
"his wife. A protégée was the actress and dancer Letty Lind who toured with the Pauls from about the age of ten. The Pauls billed her as ""La Petite Letitia"". Howard Paul became Lind's lover and fathered two illegitimate children by her: a girl who died in infancy (1878) and a son (Henry Horace Howard Paul Rudge (1880–1969), a tobacco merchant). Mrs Paul left her husband about 1877, in view of the affair, but continued to perform under the name Mrs Howard Paul; she died in 1879. In 1881, Lind left Paul's company. It is not clear exactly when their"
"Center in New York and the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson, where Linda received treatment. The donations, through the Garland Appeal, were made on the condition that no animals would be used for testing purposes. Also in 2000, The Linda McCartney Centre, a cancer clinic, opened at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital. In November 2002, the Linda McCartney Kintyre Memorial Trust opened a memorial garden in Campbeltown, the main town in Kintyre, with a bronze statue of her made by her cousin, sculptor Jane Robbins. Linda McCartney and husband Paul appeared as themselves on an episode of ""Bread"" in 1988,"
"travelled the globe with her parents and their group Wings, along with her siblings: older half-sister Heather (who was legally adopted by Paul McCartney), older sister Mary, and younger brother James. According to her father, the name of Wings was inspired by Stella's difficult birth. As his daughter was being born by emergency caesarean section, Paul sat outside the operating room and prayed that she be born ""on the wings of an angel"". Despite their fame, the McCartneys wanted their children to lead as normal a life as possible, so Stella and her siblings attended local state schools in East"
"avoid confusing her established western music audience, initially Paul named his musical partner ""Mary Lou"", but later selected the stage name ""Mary Ford"" from a telephone directory so her name would be almost as short as his. That same year, Les Paul divorced his wife and wed Mary Ford on December 29 in a ""small private ceremony without much fanfare"" in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The couple had had three children: a baby born on November 26, 1954, who died four days later; Mary Colleen Paul, whom they fostered from 1958; and Robert Ralph ""Bobby"" Paul (born in 1959). Shortly after their"
"will never forget Paul's gesture of care and concern in coming to see us."" The song's original title was ""Hey Jules"", and it was intended to comfort Julian Lennon from the stress of his parents' separation. McCartney later said, ""I knew it was not going to be easy for him"", and that he changed the name to ""Jude"" ""because I thought that sounded a bit better"". According to music journalist Chris Hunt, in the weeks after writing the song, McCartney ""test[ed] his latest composition on anyone too polite to refuse. And that meant ""everyone""."" On 30 June, after recording the"
"while Mary was a trained nurse and midwife. The McCartney family lived in council houses during Mary's life, but Paul later bought his father a house called Rembrandt, in Heswall, Cheshire. Jim encouraged his two sons to take up music by buying instruments for them to learn, as well as improving their education. Mary was Paul's inspiration for the song, ""Let It Be"". After Mary's death, Jim married Angela Williams and adopted her daughter Ruth from a previous marriage. Jim's great-grandfather, James McCartney (an upholsterer), was born in Ireland, but it was previously unknown where Jim's grandfather, James McCartney II,"
"was backed with a tune entitled ""Bridge on the River Suite"". Both songs can be found on the CD ""Wings at the Speed of Sound"" from The Paul McCartney Collection. Jim and Mary McCartney James McCartney (7 July 1902 – 18 March 1976) and Mary Patricia McCartney (born Mohan; 29 September 1909 – 31 October 1956) were the parents of musician, author and artist Paul McCartney of the Beatles and Wings, and of the photographer and musician Mike McCartney (better known professionally as Mike McGear), who worked with the comedy rock trio the Scaffold. Like many families in Liverpool, the"
"McCartney. She had just taken on a steady job working for Marianne Faithfull and John Dunbar as the nanny to their little boy Nicholas, and it was while taking care of Nicholas in Marianne’s third floor Chelsea flat that she first encountered Paul McCartney. He buzzed the intercom to ask if John (Dunbar) was around, and when Paul explained who he was, Maggie invited him straight up. “Paul ran up the stairs and came in. Very casually I told him that John wasn’t really in and that sent us both into hysterics. We were laughing and chatting. I made a"
"whom became well-known performers. Lind also had two brothers who were brass founders. Lind first appeared on stage when she was about five years old as Eva in ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"", then toured with American entertainer and writer Howard Paul and his British wife, Mrs Howard Paul from about the age of ten. The Pauls billed her as ""La Petite Letitia."" Howard Paul became Lind's lover and fathered two illegitimate children by her: a girl who died in infancy (1878) and a son (Henry Horace Howard Paul Rudge (1880–1969), a tobacco merchant). Lind made her first London appearance under the"
"Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko. At Eastman's request, Lawrence wrote the song ""Linda"" when Eastman's daughter was four. The song was recorded by Buddy Clark in 1947 and went to number 1 on the charts. Many girls born in the United States were named 'Linda' in those years. The song was recorded again in 1963 by Jan and Dean. McCartney's mother, Louise Sara (née Lindner) Eastman, was from a German Jewish family. Her parents were Max J. Lindner and his wife; her father had founded the Lindner Company clothing store in Cleveland, Ohio. Eastman grew up in affluent Scarsdale"
"Jim and Mary McCartney James McCartney (7 July 1902 – 18 March 1976) and Mary Patricia McCartney (born Mohan; 29 September 1909 – 31 October 1956) were the parents of musician, author and artist Paul McCartney of the Beatles and Wings, and of the photographer and musician Mike McCartney (better known professionally as Mike McGear), who worked with the comedy rock trio the Scaffold. Like many families in Liverpool, the McCartney and Mohan families are of Irish descent. Jim worked for most of his life in the cotton trade, as well as playing in ragtime and jazz bands in Liverpool,"
"Documentary, Paul describes the song as written about Linda's former husband, Joseph Melville See Jr., and the things he hadn't seen in her. He said on the topic in 2001, Paul's former partner John Lennon, however, thought that the song was about him. Certain lines such as ""She was just the cutest thing around"" could have referred to Paul as being the cute Beatle. Paul may have changed the gender to conceal his identity and John mentioned in subsequent interviews that the ""Ram"" album had subtle allusions to himself and Yoko Ono. Since then, however, Paul has said that the"
"Sir Paul McCartney"". Cook of the House ""Cook of the House"" is a song written by Paul and Linda McCartney that was first released on Wings' 1976 album ""Wings at the Speed of Sound"". It was also released as the B-side to the number 1 single ""Silly Love Songs."" The song was included on Linda McCartney's posthumous 1998 solo album ""Wide Prairie"". ""Cook of the House"" is a ""1950s-style rock 'n' roll song."" Linda McCartney sings the lead vocal, her first lead vocal performance for Wings. Paul McCartney plays the same double bass Bill Black played on Elvis Presley songs."
"Warm and Beautiful ""Warm and Beautiful"" is a love ballad credited to Paul and Linda McCartney that was first released by Wings on their 1976 album ""Wings at the Speed of Sound"". It is a love ballad sung by Paul directed to Linda. Critical opinion of the song has varied widely, ranging from a comment that it is ""one of the most beautiful songs that Paul ever wrote for Linda,"" to a suggestion that it may be ""one of the worst songs Paul McCartney has ever written."" In 1998, after Linda's death, Paul rearranged the song for string quartet to"